Press releases

Foam is proud to announce that Momo Okabe (b. 1981, Japan) was
chosen as the winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2015 by an
international jury today. Okabe won the prize for her projects
Dildo and Bible in which she explores her relationship with two of
her transgender lovers during their transition.

Foam presents an exceptional and, until now, little-known theme
in the voluminous oeuvre of the well-known Dutch painter Carel
Willink. In the 1930s, he began to photograph the Amsterdam sky
from his apartment and studio, overlooking the famous
Rijksmuseum, to use as material for sketches.

Foam presents the first international solo exhibition of Nerhol.
This successful artist duo was founded in 2007 in Japan, as a
collaboration between the graphic designer Yoshihisa Tanaka (1980)
and the sculptor Ryuta Iida (1981). Together they explore the
concept of the photographic portrait.

Foam presents a short-term exhibition on the publication of the
photobook Shining in Absence. It is a special honour to the
photography historian Frido Troost (1960 - 2013), who passed away
in 2013. Both the book and the exhibition are edited and designed
by the advertising specialist and curator Erik Kessels.

For their solo exhibition To Photograph the Details of a Dark
Horse in Low Light, internationally highly acclaimed artists Adam
Broomberg (South Africa, 1970) and Oliver Chanarin (Great Britain,
1971) lead viewers through a meandering and disturbing history
lesson on the relationship between photography and race.

The names of the jury members for the Foam Paul Huf Award 2015
have been announced. The international jury will meet in
Amsterdam on 24 and 25 March to choose a winner from portfolios
submitted by one hundred photographers nominated from across the
world.

Foam is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of young
French artist Noémie Goudal (b. Paris, 1984). Her portfolio was
previously published in the 2012 annual Talent issue of Foam
Magazine, and Foam has been closely following her robust and
consistent development ever since.

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Pioneer Works Center for Art
and Innovation proudly present Under Construction - New Positions
in American Photography, a group exhibition featuring ten young
American and Canadian photographers.

Regine Petersen (b. 1976, Germany) was selected by an
international jury as the most promising photographer at the Unseen
international photography fair in 2014. As winner of the Outset |
Unseen Exhibition Fund, Petersen has been awarded an exhibition in
Foam's 3h space for young talent.

Foam is proud to present the Netherlands' first solo exhibition
by Belgian artist Geert Goiris (born Bornem, 1971). Very few people
in the Netherlands are familiar with his unconventional visual
language and serious tone.

On 25 November Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam will open the
exhibition Foam Talent 2014, in partnership with East Wing, a new
platform for photography, founded in Doha. The exhibition will
showcase a collection of international cutting edge photographic
talent to the Gulf Region, selected from Foam's annual Talent Call.
An exclusive masterclass held in East Wing's gallery space in Dubai
will accompany the exhibition. The masterclass provides a rare
opportunity for twelve photographers to gain insight and experience
from three successful professionals working in the field.

After a successful exhibition: The Space Between Us organized in
collaboration with with He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen in the
spring, the Amsterdam based photography institution Foam now
presents a second exhibition with He Xiangning Art Museum in China:
Still/Life - Contemporary Dutch Photography. The exhibition curated
by Marcel Feil, Feng Boyi and Liu Gang, will be shown at the
prestigious Three Shadows Photography Arts Centre in Beijing as of
31 October 2014.

A very special photography collection of the noble Van Loon
family will be exhibited for the very first time. The exhibition is
a collaboration between across the canal neighbours, Museum Van
Loon and photography museum Foam.

Foam is proud to present a major solo exhibition of the famous
Japanese photographer Araki. 'ARAKI Ojo Shashu - Photography for
the After Life: Alluring Hell' gives a distinct reflection on
Araki's oeuvre, renowned for the master's perpetual focus on daily
life and his intertwining themes of Life (Sex) and Death. The
exhibition comprises both his notorious early work, as well as very
recent series that have never been shown in the Netherlands before.
The exhibition offers a unique and intimate insight into the
perspective of an artist in the dusk of his life.

In the exhibition Disguise and Deception different
categories of photographs are combined: archival photographs from
the 'Tarnen und Täuschen' unit, photographs taken by Schwarzlose at
the workshop and photographs of tools constructed by the artist.
She made these tools to alter the perception of reality right in
front of our eyes. In combination with the other photographs the
role of perception and the principle of make belief is used in both
military and artistic practices is emphasized.

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